NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Head of the Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) Malaria Program, Mr. Albino Bobogare told local media last week Friday that Honiara including Malaita, Central Islands,...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The first country-wide mass drug administration in the world for the treatment of scabies is happening in the Solomon Islands. The World Scabies Program is spearheading the mass drug...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 An anti-parasitic drug will be rolled out on mass scale in the Solomon Islands to prevent scabies, a contagious, intensely itchy skin condition that affects a third of the nation’s...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Ministry of Health and Medical Services is issuing a measles health alert for the Solomon Islands following outbreak of measles in Fiji and new cases being reported in many parts...

At least nine Pacific Island Nations today are experiencing dengue fever outbreaks, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). The Solomon Islands has experience...

Local transmission of Zika virus in four countries has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issue advisories for travelers to Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives and Solomon Islands. Local...

A month after an outbreak of dengue fever was declared in the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, health officials report in excess of 1700 cases. The capital city of Honiara on Guadalcanal Island...

The measles outbreak in the Solomon Islands has skyrocketed to more than 2,300 cases after a surge of 829 cases last week, according to a Solomon Star report today. This clearly follows a story two weeks...

The measles outbreak in the Solomon Islands, which began in July, continues to grow and the real numbers may be much higher than reported. The Solomon Star News reports today that since the outbreak...

The measles outbreak that started in early July in in Honiara, Solomon Islands, has grown to at least 550 cases, the Solomon Islands Health Ministry said recently. In a Radio New Zealand report today,...